A Heart After Christ Leads to Hope

A Heart After Christ Leads to Hope

  My arms, raised in praise early on Easter morning, now hung limp by my sides. Awash in shame, I chided myself for unkind, angry words. You can’t even make it through the most holy of days without making a mess of things.   Bowing my head in prayer, a tear...
On Being Readied for the Harvest

On Being Readied for the Harvest

The soil, still wearing winter’s crust, almost taunts the farmer–daring him to unleash the toothed blade. Greeting the day before the moon is veiled beyond earth’s ridge, the man drops the tool behind his machine and tills narrow ditches in a quilt-like...

Giving All of Ourselves

Jesus…his name evokes a variety of images. A newborn infant wrapped in rags. A man of righteous anger defending his Father’s temple. A man of generous spirit giving all of himself—even to the point of death. Imagine the scene. Shaking uncontrollably, the woman begged...